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Amoros, J.E. and Christi, O. (2010) Poverty, Human Development and Entrepreneurship, In M. Minniti, ed,) The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228956811_POVERTY_HUMAN_DEVELOPMENT_AND_ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Ashraf, N., Bryan, G., Delfino, A., Iacovone, L., Pople, A. The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training Using Imagery Techniques in Colombia. Innovations for Poverty Action. (2022) Available at https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/impact-entrepreneurship-training-using-imagery-techniques-colombia
Banerjee, A., Breza, E., Duflo, E., & Kinnan, C. (2020). How microfinance can help entrepreneurs escape the poverty trap. Voxeu Column. https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-microfinance-can-help-entrepreneurs-escape-poverty-trap
Beegle, K., & Christiaensen, L. (Eds.). (2019). Accelerating poverty reduction in Africa. World Bank Publications. Available at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32354
Bell-Rose, S., Payzant, T., Youth Entrepreneurship Education in America: A Policymaker’s Guide. Aspen Institute. (2008)
Caucci, S., Guzman, J., & Ozkul, Z. (n.d.). Advancing women entrepreneurs in the economic reactivation of post-conflict Colombia. UNU-FLORES. https://stories.flores.unu.edu/advancing-women-entrepreneurs-in-the-economic-reactivation-of-post-conflict-colombia/index.html
Clark, P., Blair, A., Zandiniapour, L., Soto, E., & Doyle, K. (1999). Microenterprise and the poor: Findings from the self-employment learning project five year survey of microentrepreneurs. The Aspen Institute. Available at https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/microenterprise-poor-findings-self-employment-learning-project-five-year-survey-microentrepreneurs/
Cordaid. (2021). The stories behind our investments. https://cordaidinvestment.com/news-and-stories/case-studies
Crépon, B., Huillery, E., Duflo, E., Parienté, W., & Seban, J. (2014). Small Business Training and Loans for Aspiring Entrepreneurs in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in France (ADIE). https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/small-business-training-and-loans-aspiring-entrepreneurs-disadvantaged-neighborhoods
European Commission (2009). Portfolio of indicators for the monitoring of the European strategy for social protection and social exclusion — 2009 update. http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=756&langId=en
Fairlie, R. W. (2010). Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity (1996-2009). Ewing Marion. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1631932
Fairlie, R. W., Morelix, A., Reedy, E.J. and Russel, J. (2015). The Kauffman Index of Startup Activity, National Trends (2015). Available at http://www.kauffman.org/kauffman-index/reporting/startup-activity
Gianoli LaRosa, D., & Kalarikad, E. K., Sanchez, L. Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development. Innovations for Poverty Action. (2021). Available at https://www.poverty-action.org/sites/default/files/publications/IPA-10-Year-SME-Report_Web.pdf
Halabisky, D. (2015). Entrepreneurial Activities in Europe-Sustaining Inclusive Entrepreneurship. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/entrepreneurial-activities-in-europe-sustaining-inclusive-entrepreneurship_5jrtpbxh2v21-en
Hartley, Scott E., Kiva.org: Crowd-Sourced Microfinance and Cooperation in Group Lending (March 25, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1572182 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1572182
Hernandez, D. J. (2011). Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation. Annie E. Casey Foundation. Available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED518818
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/files/content/docs/pubs/YESG_Policy_Guide.pdf
https://www.sdgfund.org/case-study/bangladesh-strengthening-women%E2%80%99s-ability-productive-new-opportunities-swapno%E2%80%8B
Hussmanns, R. (2004). Measuring the informal economy: From employment in the informal sector to informal employment. Policy Integration Department, Bureau of Statistics, International Labour Office. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---integration/documents/publication/wcms_079142.pdf
Islam, I. and Lapeyre, F. (2020) Transition to Formality and Structural Transformation: Challenges and Policy Options, International Labor Organization. Available at .https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---travail/documents/publication/wcms_738685.pdf
Jameel, A. L., Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). (2019). Teaching business skills to support microentrepreneurs. J-PAL Policy Insights. https://www.povertyactionlab.org/policy-insight/teaching-business-skills-support-microentrepreneurs
Kauffman Foundation. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1631932 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1631932
Klapper, Leora; Delgado, Juan Manuel Quesada. 2007. Entrepreneurship : New Data on Business Creation and How to Promote It. Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 316. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/11163
Koshy, E., and Sanchez, L. Supporting Women-led Businesses and Middle-income Countries Through Covid-19 Crisis. Innovations for Poverty Action. (2021). Available at https://www.poverty-action.org/publication/supporting-women-led-businesses-low-and-middle-income-countries-through-covid-19-crisis
Kugler, M., Michaelides, M., Nanda N &Agbayani, C. (2017), Entrepreneurship in low income areas. Washington: U.S. Small Business Administration, office of Advocacy. https://advocacy.sba.gov/2017/09/30/entrepreneurship-in-low-income-areas
Laney, K. (2013). Launching Low-Income Entrepreneurs. New York: Center for an Urban Future. Available at https://nycfuture.org/pdf/Launching-Low-Income-Entrepreneurs.pdf
Laney, K., Bowles, J., Hilliard, T., Launching Low-income Entrepreneurs. Center for an Urban Future. (2013) Available at https://nycfuture.org/pdf/Launching-Low-Income-Entrepreneurs.pdf
McKay, K. L. (2014). Achieving financial security through entrepreneurship: Policies to support financially vulnerable microbusiness owners. Federal Policy Proposal, CFED, August 2014. Retrieved from https://prosperitynow.org/files/PDFs/financial_capability_planning_guide/Entrepreneurship_policy_proposal.pdf
Mone, Baroness (2016) Boosting enterprise in more deprived communities. www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/511542/boosting-enterprise-in-more-deprived-communities.pdf
Moneygeek (2020) Business Loans for Minorities: A Guide for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Entrepreneurs, https://www.moneygeek.com/business-loans/small-business/minorities/
OECD/European Commission (2014). Policy Brief on Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities. https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/Policy-brief-entrepreneurship-people-disabilities.pdf
OECD/The European Commission (multiple years – biennial publication). The Missing Entrepreneurs: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Europe. OECD Publishing. https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/2019-ME-Policy-Highlights.pdf
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2004). Jobs and Enterprise in Deprived Areas. Social Exclusion Unit Report, United Kingdom. https://books.google.com/books/about/Jobs_and_Enterprise_in_Deprived_Areas.html?id=ImgCzQEACAAJ
Popovich, M. (2016). The Limits to entrepreneurship: Why innovation won’t solve poverty. Working-Class Perspectives. https://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/the-limits-to-entrepreneurship-why-innovation-wont-solve-poverty/
Ray, K., Sissons, P., Jones, K., & Vegeris, S. (2014). Employment, pay and poverty. Evidence and policy review. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/business-and-management/pdfs/non-secure/e/m/p/employment-pay-and-poverty-evidence-and-policy-review.pdf
Roodman, D., and J. Morduch (2009). ‘The impact of microcredit on the poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence’, Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 174. Available at https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/faculty/publications/Roodman_Morduch_-_The_Impact_of_Microcredit_on_the_Poor_in_Bangladesh.pdf
Roser, Max & Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban (2020). "Global Extreme Poverty". First published in 2013; substantive revision in 2107 and smaller revision in 2019. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty' [Online Resource] https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty
Sall, M. A. (2022). Entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation in Africa. Industrial Policy, 2(1), 33-37. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/indpol/issue/70417/1087029
Semega, J. J., Fontenot, K. R., and Kollar, M. A. (2017). Income and poverty in the United States: 2016. U.S. Census Bureau (September 2017). Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2017/demo/p60-259.html
Shirk, M. & Wadia, A. S. (2004). Kitchen table entrepreneurs: How eleven women escaped poverty to become their own bosses. Westview Press: Colorado. https://www.worldcat.org/title/kitchen-table-entrepreneurs-how-eleven-women-escaped-poverty-and-became-their-own-bosses/oclc/1035912670
Singer, S., Amorós, J. E., Moska, D. & Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (2015). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global Report. Babson Park, MA: Babson College. Available at https://www.babson.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/the-arthur-m-blank-center-for-entrepreneurship/thought-leadership/global-entrepreneurship-monitor/reports/
Slivinsk, S. (2012). Increasing entrepreneurship is a key to lowering poverty rates. https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PR254-Increasing-Entrepreneurship.pdf
Slivinski, S. (2012). Increasing entrepreneurship is a key to lowering poverty rates. Policy Report, Goldwater Institute, 254, November 13, 2012. Available at https://goldwaterinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PR254-Increasing-Entrepreneurship.pdf
Slivinski, S. (2015). Bootstraps tangles in red tape: How state occupational licensing hinders low-income entrepreneurship. Policy Report Goldwater Institute, 272, February 23, 2015. Available at https://goldwaterinstitute.org/article/bootstraps-tangled-in-red-tape/
Spasova, S., Bouget, D., Ghailani, D. and Vanhercke, B. (2017), Access to social protection for people working on non-standard contracts and as self-employed in Europe: A study of national policies. European Social Policy Network, European Commission, Brussels. Available at https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/fb235634-e3a7-11e7-9749-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
Sustainable Development Goals Fund. (2017). Case Study (Business opportunities network in Panama). https://www.sdgfund.org/case-study/business-opportunities-network-panama
Sustainable Development Goals Fund. (2017). Case Study (Economic Opportunities and citizenship for women in extreme poverty in Bolivia). https://www.sdgfund.org/case-study/economic-opportunities-and-citizenship-women-extreme-poverty-bolivia
Sustainable Development Goals Fund. (n.d.). Case Study (Bangladesh: Strengthening women’s ability for productive new opportunities (SWAPNO) ).
The United Nations Development Programme & The Behavioral Insights Team. (2022). A Behavioural insights toolkit for entrepreneurship programming. https://www.undp.org/publications/behavioural-insights-toolkit-entrepreneurship-programming
World Bank (2018), Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle. Available at https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-and-shared-prosperity
Witynski, M. (2022). Northwestern Now To fight extreme poverty, empower women with more than cash. Northwestern University https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/04/fighting-extreme-poverty-women-niger/
Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Project [YEEP] Understanding Barriers to Youth Employment in Uganda and Kenya: A Participatory Action Research [PAR] Report. (June 2018).https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrC3PEg5E5iDjQAuwoPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1649366177/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.vsointernational.org%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2fcitireport2018.pdf/RK=2/RS=rCR1e_Ca4kqYWsp15YwdbvCnHvE-